| Club: | Millwall |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Owner: | Millwall Holdings |
| Chairman: | John Berylson (until his death on 4th July) James Berlyson (from 14th July) |
| Manager: | Gary Rowett (until 18 October)[1] Joe Edwards [2] [3] Neil Harris [4] |
| Stadium: | The Den |
| League: | Championship |
| League Result: | 13th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Zian Flemming (8) |
| Season Topscorer: | Zian Flemming (8) |
| Highest Attendance: | 18,905 vs. Bristol City & Southampton |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4,738 vs. Reading |
| Average Attendance: | 16,544 |
| Largest Win: | Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 Millwall |
| Largest Loss: | Millwall 0–4 Ipswich Town |
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| Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 season was the 139th season in the history of Millwall Football Club, their seventh consecutive season in the Championship, 97th consecutive season in the Football League, and 47th in the second tier. The club played in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup. In preseason, Millwall announced the death of owner and chairman John Berylson, who passed away in an accident on 4 July.[5] He was succeeded as chairman by his son; James Berylson.
On 18th October 2023, the club announced it had mutually agreed to part company with first team manager Gary Rowett.[6] Assistant manager Adam Barrett took over as interim manager for four games, before England under-20s manager Joe Edwards was installed as their new Head Coach on 6 November 2023.[7] In his debut game, Edwards led Millwall to a 4–0 win at Sheffield Wednesday, the Lions largest away win in the second tier since 2001 and the biggest win in a first game for a Millwall manager since Ron Gray in 1956.[8] Edwards was sacked after winning only four of his 19 games in charge, leaving Millwall in relegation trouble. Neil Harris returned to manage the club, winning eight of their final 13 games, including five in a row to finish the season strongly in 13th place.
Millwall's average home attendance of 16,540 was their highest since the 1952–53 season. Zian Flemming finished top scorer this season with eight goals, the lowest since the 2007–08 season.
| No. | Nationality | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps. | Goals | Assists | Signed From | Date Signed | Transfer Fee | Contract End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | Matija Sarkic | GK | Grimsby | 1997 7, df=yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 August 2023 | £1,200,000 | 30 June 2026 | |
| 27 | Connal Trueman | GK | Birmingham | 26 March 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 August 2022 | Free Transfer | 30 June 2025 | |||
| 33 |  | Bartosz Białkowski | GK | Braniewo | 1987 7, df=yes | 155 | 0 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 2020 | £350,000 | 30 June 2024 | |
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | Danny McNamara | RB/RM | Sidcup | 1998 12, df=yes | 101 | 2 | 4 | Academy | 2018 | Trainee | 30 June 2025 | |
| 3 | Murray Wallace | LB/CB | Glasgow | 1993 1, df=yes | 185 | 11 | 5 | Scunthorpe United | 2018 | £500,000 | 30 June 2025 | ||
| 4 | Shaun Hutchinson | CB | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1990 11, df=yes | 244 | 13 | 7 | Fulham | 2016 | Free Transfer | 30 June 2024 | ||
| 5 | Jake Cooper | CB | Bracknell | 1995 2, df=yes | 302 | 22 | 17 | Reading | 2017 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2025 | ||
| 6 | Japhet Tanganga | CB | Hackney | 1999 3, df=yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 January 2024 | Loan | 31 May 2024 | ||
| 15 | 1993 9, df=yes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 July 2023 | Free Transfer | 30 June 2027 | ||||||
| 17 | 12 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 August 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 | ||||||
| 45 |  | 20 October 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 July 2023 | Free Transfer | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Billy Mitchell | CM/CDM/RB | Orpington | 2001 4, df=yes | 110 | 1 | 1 | Academy | 2019 | Trainee | 30 June 2025 | ||
| 10 | Zian Flemming | CAM/ST/RW/LW | Amsterdam | 1998 8, df=yes | 46 | 15 | 3 | Fortuna Sittard | 2022 | £1,700,000 | 30 June 2025 | ||
| 14 | 4 July 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 September 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 | ||||||
| 18 | CM/CDM/CB/RB | 24 May 1992 | 130 | 5 | 11 | 2 January 2019 | £1,250,000 | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| 23 | 1 June 1993 | 153 | 15 | 5 | 2 July 2021 | £600,000 | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| 24 |  | 7 February 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 July 2023 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2027 | |||||
| 25 |  | Romain Esse | CAM/RW/CM | England | 2005 5, df=yes | 15 | 1 | 0 | Academy | 2023 | Trainee | 30 June 2026 | |
| 39 | George Honeyman | CM/CAM/RW | Prudhoe | 1994 9, df=yes | 40 | 1 | 3 | Hull City | 2022 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2025 | ||
| 44 | George Walker | 24 September 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2023 | Trainee | 30 June 2024 | ||||
| 48 | Sha'mar Lawson | 14 June 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 July 2022 | Trainee | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 8 March 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 June 2023 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2027 | ||||||
| 9 | Tom Bradshaw | ST/CAM/RW | Shrewsbury | 1992 7, df=yes | 164 | 40 | 9 | Barnsley | 2019 | £1,000,000 | 30 June 2024 | ||
| 11 | 6 November 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 September 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 | ||||||
| 12 | 10 April 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 January 2024 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2027 | ||||||
| 19 | Duncan Watmore | RW/ST/CAM | Manchester | 2023 6, df=yes | 17 | 3 | 2 | Middlesbrough | 2023 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2025 | ||
| 21 | | 6 July 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 January 2024 | Loan | 31 May 2024 | |||||
| 22 | | Aidomo Emakhu | LW/ST/RW | Bawnogue | 26 October 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 2022 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2026 | |
| 29 | Tom Leahy | ST | 2004 3, df=yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 2023 | Trainee | 30 June 2024 | |||
| Out on Loan | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 7 October 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2020 | Trainee | 30 June 2025 | |||||
| 43 | Kamarl Grant | 2003 1, df=yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 July 2022 | Free Transfer | 30 June 2024 | |||||
| 46 | Nino Adom-Malaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2021 | Free Transfer | 30 June 2024 | ||||||
| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2023 | Undisclosed | [9] | ||||
| 1 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [10] | ||||
| 1 July 2023 |  Ethan Wady † | Free Transfer | [11] | |||
| 21 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [12] | ||||
| 21 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [13] | ||||
| 3 August 2023 | £1.2 million | [14] | ||||
| 31 January 2024 | Undisclosed | [15] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2023 | Alfie Allen | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Tyrese Briscoe | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | [16] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Ernie Cheeseman | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Laquay Coleman | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Kallen Donaldson | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | End of Contract | [17] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Jordan Gillmore | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Released | [18] [19] | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | Arthur Penney | Released | [20] | |||
| 30 June 2023 | Ryan Sandford | Released | ||||
| 16 August 2023 | Undisclosed | [21] | ||||
| 17 August 2023 | Free Transfer | [22] | ||||
| 1 September 2023 | Mutual Consent | [23] [24] | ||||
| 23 February 2024 | Joe Wright | Free Transfer | [25] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | Until | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2023 | End of Season | [26] | ||||
| 1 September 2023 | End of Season | [27] | ||||
| 1 September 2023 | End of Season | [28] | ||||
| 18 January 2024 | End of Season | [29] | ||||
| 23 January 2024 | End of Season | [30] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | Until | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2023 | 31 January 2024 | [31] | ||||
| 25 July 2023 | Joe Wright | 8 January 2024 | [32] | |||
| 27 July 2023 | Chinwike Okoli | 8 January 2024 | [33] | |||
| 17 August 2023 | End of Season | [34] | ||||
| 8 September 2023 | Abdul Abdulmalik | 1 January 2024 | [35] | |||
| 15 September 2023 | Kyle Smith | 1 January 2024 | [36] [37] | |||
| 15 January 2024 | Nino Adom-Malaki | End of Season | [38] | |||
| 1 February 2024 | Kamarl Grant | End of Season | [39] | |||
| 12 March 2024 | Kyle Smith | End of Season | [40] |
On 19 June, Millwall announced their pre-season schedule, with matches against Gillingham, Sutton United, Charlton Athletic and Fortuna Sittard.[41]
See main article: 2023–24 EFL Championship.
On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.[42]
See main article: 2023–24 FA Cup.
As a Championship club, Millwall entered the FA Cup in the third round and were drawn at home to Leicester City.[43] [44]
See main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup.
Millwall were drawn at home to Reading in the first round.[45]
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| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | LB | Joe Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
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| 5 | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | CB | George Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | CF | Kevin Nisbet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | CDM | Ryan Leonard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | CDM | George Saville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||